Security Theater Debuts on ABC, Where it Belongs

Jeffrey Rosen on taking security theater to a whole new level: Welcome to ABC's understanding of the Department of Homeland Security:

The strongest case against the Department of
Homeland Security is that it's not really about homeland security at
all. Rather than catch terrorists, DHS officers at the border spend
most of their time arresting people for drug and immigration offenses
instead. So it's not exactly surprising--even though it's surely
unintentional--that ABC's new primetime show, "Homeland Security USA,"
confirms the false promise of DHS.

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